A. The word is modicum. [mod-i-kuh m]
-Jennifer Y.

B. Miro was selfish and gave Kamila and Nichole only a modicum of Caramellos. -Kamila =)

C. 1. a small quantity
2.a small or moderate or token amount
http://ce-wiki.wikispaces.com/modicum
-Anna B.
D. external image pennies.gif

Pennies are a modicum of money.
Miro P.


E. Synonyms
atom, crumb, dash, drop, fraction, fragment, grain, inch, iota, jot, little, minim, mite, molecule, ounce, particle, pinch, scrap, shred, smidge, speck, tinge, touch, trifle, whit

Antonyms
lot, many

-Blair S.

F. One time a was playing hockey and the other team only got a modicum amount of goals. We easily beat them because the didn't score many goals. The score ended up being 7 - 1. Luckily, we didn't score a modicum amount of goals cause if we did we might have lost or tied. (Dan W.)

G. In many of the James Bond movies, the hero James Bond only has a modicum of time to dismantle a nuclear weapon and save the world from certain war and destruction. At the end of his movies clock is always ticking before the bomb goes off or is launched; often that timer goes down to the final seconds before the bomb goes off.
- Joe T